Hoqk and eye



TIATESH :ATENT HooK AN o EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,436, dated February 19, 1895,

Application filed June 30, 1894- Serial No. 616.214. '(NO model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES EDWARD HAL-- LOWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and speot to one another, and to provide a fasten ing such as described that shall be simple,

durable and inexpensive in construction and efficient and certain in operation.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and definitely pointed out in the claim following the description, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved hook and eye showing the parts fastened together. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,

and Fig. 3, a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, showing the eye disengaged from the hook and the locking tongue depressed to permit of the disengagement of the eye.

In said drawings I have shown the hook and eye on a greatly enlarged scale for the sake of better illustrating the. construction thereof,

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates the eye portion of the fastening constructed as usual. I

B indicates the hook formed of a single piece of wireand consisting of two loops, cc (which serve to secure the hook to the garment), a shank portion, the hook portion, D, and the locking tongue, G, and formed as follows: A piece of wire of suitable length is bentinto circular form atone end to form r the loop, '0, is then bent in'a right line, as at f, to form one member of the shank, is then bent downwardly at approximately an angle of forty'five degrees relatively to the shank,

as at d, thence is turned back in a semicircle, as at d, and over and parallel-with the portion d for a short distance, as at (i and is thenbent to one side, as at d then downwardly at an angle, around, and back, in the same manner as the parts, at d and 01 and then in a right line, as at f parallel with the shank portion, f, but slightly separated therefrom. c, and is then bent upwardly at a sharp angle, as at 9 above the plane of the shank members, ff, but for the greater portion of its length parallel'with said members to form a tongue, G, and just before reaching the hook, D, the end of the wire is bent or curved slightly downward and then upward to form the curved portion, g, the end of the tongue being beveled off, as at g, for the purpose hereinafter described.

I have described thehook as being made step by step in the manner and in the order as above, but it will, of course, be understood that in practice the hooks will be manufactured by machinery and practically at one operation, the manner of describingitherein adopted being for the sake of more clearly illustrating its configuration.

The operation of the fastening as thus constructed is as follows: The hook and eye are fastened to the meeting edges of a garment or other article in the usual manner. To fasten the two together it is merely necessary to place the hook, A, in the curved portion, g, of the tongue, G, and apply a slight pulling force upon the two parts in an opposite direction, very slightly pressing the eye against the tongue, G, at the same time, when the eye will slip past the end of the tongue and seat itself in the hook, D, where it will be 5 positively held against accidental displacement by the end of the tongue, G, which, owing to the resiliency of the tongue, seats itself againstthe underside of the portion, 02 of the hook, D, and anyforce exerted upon the eye to move the latter in the direction to disengage it from the hook only serves to more tightly lock the eye in its seat in said hook, owing to the inclination of the hook relatively The wire is then bent to form the loop, 65

to the shank, the inclined portion, cl, causing the eye, A, to ride up thereon against the under side of the curved end, g, of the tongue, G, thus causing said tongue to bind or bear more firmly against the under side of the portion, at, of the hook, D. It will be noted that the end of the tongue, G, rests under the hook, D, in close juxtaposition to the eye, A, whereby the latter is prevented from moving laterally in its seat in the hook, D, yet securing the hook and eye together flexibly. This is desirable, inasmuch as it prevents the two parts of the garment from having any rubbing action one upon the other, which, in Very delicate fabrics, mars the nap and finish thereof. In order to permit the end of the tongue into such close juxtaposition to the eye, I bevel the end of the tongue, as at g, to permit the end of the tongue to slip past the eye and lie close againstthe under side of the hook. To disengage the eye from the hook, the tongue, G, is depressed by the finger, as shown in Fig. 3, the end thereof passing be tween the members, ff, of the shank, when the eye may instantly be disengaged.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In a hook and eye fastening, a hook formed from a single piece of wire and comprising a shank portion consisting of two straight parallel members, ff, bent to form the eyes, 0 c, at one end, and at the other end bent to form the downwardly inclined hook, D, and the tongue, G, lying in a plane above the shank portion and at its free end curved downward and then upward and at its extreme end beveled as at g and bearing against the under side of the portion, d of the hook, D, and the eye, A, seated in said hook against lateral movement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES EDWARD HALLOVELTI- Witnesses:

ANNA HALLOWELL, EDWIN MURRAY. 

